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Though the presidential election grabbed most of the headlines, Donald Trump wasn’t the only big winner on November 8th – marijuana legalization ballot measures passed in four states, and some did by resounding margins. Thanks to this, more t...

Legal Marijuana’s Uncertain Future

Though the presidential election grabbed most of the headlines, Donald Trump wasn’t the only big winner on November 8th – marijuana legalization ballot measures passed in four states, and some did by resounding margins. Thanks to this, more t...

Ryan Lewis had been exhibiting signs of clinical depression for months. Concerned about their son, his parents decided to send him to a residential treatment center to get him help. They consulted an educational expert, who referred them to the Alldr...

Teen, Interrupted

Ryan Lewis had been exhibiting signs of clinical depression for months. Concerned about their son, his parents decided to send him to a residential treatment center to get him help. They consulted an educational expert, who referred them to the Alldr...

As spring fast approaches, 42 million American households are beginning to plan and design their gardens. Over the last five years, Americans have planted 17 percent more home gardens, an indication that an increasing number of families place an impo...

Planting Policy: The White House Garden

As spring fast approaches, 42 million American households are beginning to plan and design their gardens. Over the last five years, Americans have planted 17 percent more home gardens, an indication that an increasing number of families place an impo...

Amid increasing numbers of drug use and HIV/AIDS across the country, public debates about the merits of needle exchange programs (NEPs) are reigniting. Cities like Holyoke, Massachusetts are aflame with lawsuits and disagreement about the legitimacy ...

The Needle and the Damage Undone: NEPs On the Brink

Amid increasing numbers of drug use and HIV/AIDS across the country, public debates about the merits of needle exchange programs (NEPs) are reigniting. Cities like Holyoke, Massachusetts are aflame with lawsuits and disagreement about the legitimacy ...

Americans are fat, and getting fatter. According to the American Heart Association, 78 million adults and 13 million children in the United States are obese. This crisis is being attacked by public officials like Michelle Obama, who has made addressi...

Knowledge is Power in Fighting Obesity

Americans are fat, and getting fatter. According to the American Heart Association, 78 million adults and 13 million children in the United States are obese. This crisis is being attacked by public officials like Michelle Obama, who has made addressi...

When Tia came home from the doctor’s, she was in a panic. Her two children had lead poisoning from tap water. Every time the family bathed, ate, or drank a glass of water, they were being slowly poisoned. For Tia’s family, and many others who sim...

Exposing Rampant Lead Poisoning in US Infastructure

When Tia came home from the doctor’s, she was in a panic. Her two children had lead poisoning from tap water. Every time the family bathed, ate, or drank a glass of water, they were being slowly poisoned. For Tia’s family, and many others who sim...

Organic foods have exploded in popularity since the 1990s. 45 percent of Americans actively seek to include organic foods in their diets, and these products are available in three out of four conventional grocery stores. The fact that organic foods c...

The Organic Movement’s Hidden Labor Costs

Organic foods have exploded in popularity since the 1990s. 45 percent of Americans actively seek to include organic foods in their diets, and these products are available in three out of four conventional grocery stores. The fact that organic foods c...

Zika has entered the American consciousness in much the same way Ebola did: with a melodramatic flourish and a twinge of impish paranoia. It is something to be feared and something very deadly. And, so goes the narrative, it will be here soon. This i...

Fear as Motivation and the Zika Problem

Zika has entered the American consciousness in much the same way Ebola did: with a melodramatic flourish and a twinge of impish paranoia. It is something to be feared and something very deadly. And, so goes the narrative, it will be here soon. This i...